FACULTY AND STAFF RESOURCES
PLANNING
Departmental and Organizational Emergency Response Planning--The planning process is based on a series of questions which identify the specific actions your group should take during a variety of emergencies which might occur on our campus. The process takes about 60 minutes to complete and, when we are done, your office will have a plan based on your needs, conditions and requirements. The process itself takes about 60 minutes to complete and it is best if it is conducted during a staff meeting setting. Developing the plan as a team exercise makes it something that everyone is familiar with which, in turn, reduces the amount of training time needed. If you are interested in this planning opportunity, please email our department at emergency-management@utc.edu or send an email directly to shelbey-thompson@utc.edu.
TRAINING
NIMS National Incident Management System trainings will resume this Fall. Look for announcements in the near future. The schedule will be posted here once it is available.
Classroom
MGT 335 Event Security Planning for Public Safety Professionals (August 29 & 30, 2013) This 16-hour, classroom-based course is designed to provide planning and management-level skills to officers from state and local law enforcement agencies as well as other emergency responders including fire and EMS. Participants will be provided with the essential skills and knowledge to understand the importance of and the need for planning and managing security for special events, and to identify guiding principles for special-events security. If you are involved in event planning, this course will provide you with valuable insight to help make your event both safe and secure.
Online, Self-Paced
FEMA: Independent Study The Emergency Management Institute has developed several NIMS (National Incident Management System) courses that are free and available to you online. After completion of the course, you will receive an automated email with a link to your course completion certificate. Once you receive your certificate, please forward the link to emergency-management@utc.edu so that we may record your training. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call the department at 425-5794.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EXERCISE
The key to any Emergency Response Plan is to:
1. Train based on your plan
2. Exercise based on your plan
An emergency management exercise is a simulation of a disaster, emergency, technology failure, breakdown in a business process, or any other scenario which requires an immediate action on your part to correct the situation in a timely and efficient manner. Our team will coordinate with your office to develop and conduct an exercise that caters to your needs. Upon completion of the exercise, our team will develop and distribute an After Action Review that contains an explanation of the exercise, as well as lessons learned and best practices developed as a result of the simulation.
